Please look over $500 HTPC for family tv, 1080p streaming, web browsing, no gaming

[twipping]

Hey guys, would really appreciate your feedback on this build

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/P3o1
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/P3o1/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/P3o1/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD A6-5400K 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor ($64.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Zalman CNPS8000B CPU Cooler ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A75 Pro4-M Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard ($63.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($19.96 @ Amazon)
Keyboard: IOGEAR GKM561R Wireless Slim Keyboard w/Trackball ($34.99 @ Amazon)
DAC: HRT music streamer II ($149.00)
Case: SilverStone GD04S Case ($100.00)
Storage, memory, OS: 1 TB HDD, 2 x 4GB DDR3 RAM, and OS owned / reused
Total: $502.90
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-04-07 12:21 EDT-0400)


A6 is $50 at Microcenter, which is closeby. The Zalman I might not use if the standard AMD cooler is quiet enough and fits. The psythe shuriken was also an option. MOBO wise this one seemed to have the most features with HDMI as well, advice here would be great, I just did not want to cheap out on the MOBO. Power supply as well, I kind of do not know much about these, chose a semi modular one to have less cables. Optical drive doesn't really make a huge difference from what I have read; we never watch blurays. Read good things about the IOGEAR; even with the trackball problems seems to be a good choice. The case is for aesthetics mostly, but it seems pretty practical as well (maybe with the exception of the DVD drive bay limiting CPU cooler size).

OS will be windows 7 64 bit.

My father has a huge Jazz CD collection and likes to play them as opposed to burned FLACs or something (which I will put on the HDD anyway) so I decided to try out the HRT DAC, it's going to be hooked up to an amp and bookshelf speakers.

Approximate Purchase Date: this week

Budget Range: $500 all in all

System Usage from Most to Least Important: streaming video, web surfing, word processing

Are you buying a monitor: No, hooked up to 1080p TV via HDMI

Do you need to buy OS: No

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: see above

Location: Maryland

Parts Preferences: none

Overclocking: No

Thank you very much for your help.

 

[ballerslife]

You don't need a $100 case, just get a cheap one at microcenter. Those cases are used for gaming, and have good airflow. And you don't need a CPU cooler, you're not doing any heavy computing.

 

[twipping]

You don't need a $100 case, just get a cheap one at microcenter. Those cases are used for gaming, and have good airflow. And you don't need a CPU cooler, you're not doing any heavy computing.

Thanks, the case is for aesthetics (which I do not care about, but my family does). Thanks for the advice on the cooler.